Middle distance : poems /

"A probing and commanding final volume from a master poet facing his own mortality. After a diagnosis of cancer, acclaimed poet Stanley Plumly found himself in the middle distance-looking back at his childhood in Ohio and a rich lifetime of family and friends, while gazing into a future shaped...

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Main Author: Plumly, Stanley (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
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